Gun Carriages, France

1918

John Singer Sargent

Associated Names
John Singer Sargent

Artist, American, 1856 - 1925

This is a drawing of early vehicles, including a steam engine and other machinery. The drawing is a detailed pencil sketch showcasing a steam engine type vehicle prominently on the upper left with large wheels, a funnel-shaped chimney, and complex mechanical parts. To the right and across the bottom of the image, there are additional sketches of similar machinery. Each vehicle has large spoked wheels and intricate mechanical components. The drawing demonstrates an interest in mechanical details and the structure of these early vehicles.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Violet Sargent Ormond (sisters of the artist), Surrey, England; National Gallery (now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, DC, 1929, left in storage at the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Exhibition History

1999

  • "Sketch Everything and Keep Your Curiosity Fresh": Sargent Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999

Bibliography

1927

  • Charteris, Evan. John Sargent. New York: Scribner's, 1927, p. 214.

1967

  • Gross, Ellen, and James Harithas. Drawings by John Singer Sargent in the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Alhambra, California: Borden, 1967.

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 113, no. 751.

  • Nygren, Edward J. John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983, p. 101, no. 89.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: J.S.5 [not deciphered]; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 5845

Wikidata ID

Q64584067

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